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Dick Nolan

Dick Nolan is a legendary Newfoundland country music recording artist, singer and song-writer. He has released more than 30 albums and recorded more that 300 tracks since the late 1950s. He has been nominated for a Juno award, appeared at the Grand Ole Opry, and received three gold records. Much of his career has been spent in Ontario entertaining homesick Newfoundlanders. He is now semi-retired and plans to return to live at Bell Island, Newfoundland in June of 2004! This site is a tribute to Dick and attempts to document his prolific contribution to Newfoundland and country music.

Dick Nolan

Oceans Away

Jim Coates, Rick Andrews and Roger Andrews

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OceansAway have just released a CD called "Memories of Home", which is available through Sea Music
Memories of Home is a delightful collection of music & songs from Newfoundland

Musicians on the CD are as follows: Jim Coates - Vocal and Guitar; Rick Andrews - Vocals and Guitar, Ken MacLeod Harmonica, Roger Andrews Vocals and guitar. 

Other musicians on the CD include: Neil Aitken on fiddle, Dave Atkinson - Fretless bass, Gary Kreller - Accordion, Nonie Crete - Vocals, harmonica, Eugene Rea Vocals, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Bouzouki, Tin whistles, tenor banjo, bodhran, bones 

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Buddy Wasisname and The Other Fellers

This trio's manic mix of wacky humour, colorful characterizations and sweetly sung homespun ballads crosses all generations and musical preferences to win over virtually everyone in the audience regardless of age, temperament or sophistication.
"Shinny On The Ice" from "100% Pure" and "The Serious Stuff" was recently featured on the CBC-TV special "Hockey Day in Canada". It was used in the opening scene which had vintage film of young boys playing hockey on outdoor rinks and ponds. 
"Shinny On The Ice" will also be used in an upcoming National Film Board Production chronicling the history of amateur hockey in Canada.
Click here to visit their website.

Click here to purchase Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellars music and to listen to some of clips of their music.

The Newfie Stump Jumpers

This 5 piece band is based out of the GTA, The band was formed Summer of 2000. It has been an exciting year for the NSJ opening for ECMA winners of Entertainer of the year "The Fables" and also performing with Canadian Comedian Jimmy Flynn! Also the release of the bands first CD titled "Douglas Michael and The Newfie Stump Jumpers" 
Type of music that the NSJ play is East Coast music, old rock, and new country, but not in the traditional style, they give it a bit of a modern upbeat that attracts the younger audiences. If you like the songs and sounds of Great Big Sea then you will like the Newfie Stump Jumpers
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Rant & Roar
(Trad. Arr. Great Big Sea)
Lead vocal: Alan Doyle Top

Chorus:
We'll rant and we'll roar like true Newfoundlanders
We'll rant and we'll roar on deck and below
Until we strikes bottom inside the two sunkers
When straight through the channel to Toslow we'll go 
I'm a son of a sea cook, I'm a cook and a trader
I can dance, I can sing, I can reef the main boom
I can handle a jigger, I cuts a fine figure
Whenever I gets in a boat's standing room 

Chorus 

Farewell and adieu to ye young maids of Valen,
Oderin and Presque, Fox Hole and Bruley
I'm bound for the westward to the wall with the hole in
I can't marry all or it's yokey I'll be 

Chorus x 2

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The Fables
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Heave Away
Traditional

Come get your duds in order 'cause we're bound across the water
Heave away, me jollies, heave away
Come get your duds in order 'cause we're bound to leave tomorrow
Heave away me jolly boys, we're all bound away

CHORUS:
Sometimes we're bound for Liverpool, Sometimes we're bound for Spain
Heave away, me jollies, heave away
But now we're bound for old St.John's, where all the girls are dancin'
Heave away me jolly boys, we're all bound away

I wrote me love a letter, it was on the Jenny Lynn
Heave away, me jollies, heave away
I wrote me love a letter and I signed it with a ring
Heave away, me jolly boys, we're all bound away

CHORUS

So it's farewell Nancy darlin', 'cause it's now I'm gonna leave ya
Heave away, me jollies, heave away
You promised that you'd marry me, but how you did deceive me
Heave away me jolly boys we're all bound away

CHORUS

The Punters

Prohibition Way 
When the Americays were dry 
By the laws of old excise 
A Yank could find his drink by way of sea
And our schooner often ran 
From the banks of Newfoundland The Yankee buyer's plea 

Chorus: 
So haul, haul up the main 
Our schooner's off, she sails again 
From Newfoundland bound for Americay
Heave, heave me by's 
We're sailing o'er the Yankee tide 
Running rum the prohibition way 

Weighed down in our hold 
Prohibition's liquid gold 
To rendezvous off the coast of Maine
Midnight splash of oars 
The Yankees buyers now on board
The deal is done 
We're headed off again

We're on to Boston Harbour
To pull another feat 
And I pray to God 
No excise men we meet
I'd rather be drawn and hanged
To lose me schooner grand 
And never more to sail the open sea

Now the Boston deal is done 
The Yankee buyer's got his rum 
Our pockets lined, for Newfoundland we sail
We're loaded for and aft 
Enough provisions for to last 
The winter by's, again we have prevailed 

The Punters
punters.ca

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